ACADEMIC PLAN OF THE UNIVERSITY MASTER IN EUROPEAN UNION

 

The programme consists of 60 ECTS distributed in three modules. Students also must present a Master's Thesis, conducted under the supervision of one of the teachers of the Master. This Master is structured in: 

MODULE I. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (18 ECTS)

 

1. HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (6 ECTS)

  • Keys to contemporary European history
  • Contemporary European thought and the idea of Europe
  • Process of European Integration.

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2. THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE (6 ECTS)

  • The nature of the EU
  • Political theories of regional and European integration
  • Legitimacy and democracy
  • Division of competences between the EU and ist Member States
  • A multi-speed Europe
  • Fundamental rights in the EU
  • European citizenship
  • EU law European legal system and national legal systems

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3. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EU: INSTITUTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS (6 ECTS)

  • Legislative, executive and judicial power in the EU
  • Institutions and decision-making
  • Financing and budget
  • The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the integration process

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MODULE II. CHALLENGES FOR EUROPE IN THE EUROPEAN INTERIOR SPACE AND INTERNATIONAL
CONTEXT (28 ECTS)

 

1. ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE EU (8 ECTS)

  • Common agricultural policy
  • Common commercial policy
  • Development co-operation policy
  • Economic and monetary union: monetary union, banking union, fiscal and employment policy
  • Economic and social cohesion

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2. COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC REGULATION IN THE EUROPEAN SINGLE MARKET (8 ECTS)

  • Free movements of goods, persons,services and capital
  • Consumer and environmental protection
  • Transport and energy
  • Competition policy:restrictive agreements, abuse of dominant position, mergers, state aids, monopolies and services of general economic interest

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3. THE SOCIAL MODEL OF THE EU (4 ECTS)

  • Social Europe
  • Health, employment and social position
  • Fight against poverty and social exclusion
  • Equality and non-discrimination
  • Public welfare and finance

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4. EUROPEAN UNION AND GLOBALIZATION (4 ECTS)

  • External action and the role of the EU in the world
  • External and common security policy
  • Common defence policy
  • The external relations of the EU with the main geographical areas (USA, Asia, Middle East, Russia, the Mediterranean, Latin America...)

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5. COOPERATION IN JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS FOR THE CHALLENGES OF THE XXI CENTURY (4 ECTS)

  • European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
  • Police and judicial co-operation in civil and criminal matters
  • Frontier control, inmigration and asylum
  • Terrorism and organised crime

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MODULE III. FINAL DISSERTATION (14 ECTS)

  • Course of the methodology and techniques of research.
  • Use of sources and databases.
  • Personalised monitoring and care of the dissertation

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OTHER COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES

  • Job opportunities (advice and management)
  • Work experience (advice and management)
  • Visits to European institutions
  • Trip to Brussels
  • Other systems of regional integration (Mercosur, CAN -the Andean Community of Nations...)
  • Enlargement of the European Union
  • Participation in activities of the University Institute of European Studies (attendance at conferences, working lunches, seminars...)
    Please consult the website of the Institute in order to see the daily agenda